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The pathological changes in the hind limb of a horse from the Roman Period
Veterinární Medicína, 2010 During the archaeological excavation of a multicultural settlement at the Nitra-Chrenova site (south-western Slovakia) an assemblage of animal bone remains was revealed.
M. Janeczek +3 more
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Archeohandi: protocol for a national disabilities database in archaeology in France
Virtual Archaeology Review, 2023 The archaeology of disability is a relatively recent and little-known approach in France. While the study of palaeopathology now goes hand in hand with funerary archaeology and osteoarchaeology, the French study of disabilities and disabling pathologies ...
Rozenn Colleter +23 more
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Dental anomalies in Pleistocene African hippopotamuses from Olduvai Bed II
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Hippopotamuses are key palaeoenvironmental indicators in African Pleistocene ecosystems due to their ecological dependence on permanent water bodies and their frequent representation in the fossil record. This study examines dental anomalies in Hippopotamus cf. gorgops from several localities in Bed II of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania), dated to ca.
Darío Fidalgo +4 more
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Recent advances in palaeopathology and the study of past societies in Argentina, southern South America [PDF]
, 2014 In October 2011, the symposium ‘Contributions of Palaeopathology to the Study of Past Human Societies’ was organized by the authors as part of the Xth Meeting of the Biological Anthropology Society of Argentina, La Plata, Argentina.
Luna, Leandro Hernan +1 more
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Next‐Generation Paleopathology: Using Commercial AI in Bioarchaeological Diagnosis
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence encompasses computational systems capable of performing cognitive functions such as learning, reasoning, and problem‐solving. Within this domain, generative AI and large language models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot have shown significant potential in clinical diagnostics.
Jessica Mongillo +4 more
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The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 7, Page 1713-1748, July 2026.Abstract A subadult Moschognathus whaitsi from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, was scanned using synchrotron radiation X‐ray computed tomography (SRXCT). Its subadult state allowed the cranial bones and teeth to be identified and individually reconstructed in 3D.
Tristen Lafferty +3 more
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Ecology of Malaria Mortality: A Spatiotemporal Mapping Approach
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 190, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives This study examines the spatiotemporal ecology of probable malaria mortality in 19th‐century southern Ontario to evaluate how settlement expansion, landscape transformation, and infrastructure development structured transmission risk in a temperate, settler‐colonial context.
Amanda Cooke, Megan B. Brickley
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Quantifying Palaeopathology Using Geometric Morphometrics [PDF]
, 2013 Palaeopathology is the study of disease and injury in archaeological bone. Traditional methods rely heavily on macroscopic description which can have a high degree of subjectivity and error, as well as limiting the types of research questions possible ...
PLOMP, KIMBERLY,ANNE
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Human resistance and the evolution of plague in Medieval Europe
, 2022 OF THE BOOK: Evolutionary medicine has been steadily gaining recognition, not only in modern clinical research and practice, but also in bioarchaeology (the study of archaeological human remains) and especially its sub-discipline, palaeopathology.
Bos, K., DeWitte, S.
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Earliest hominin cancer: 1.7-million-year-old osteosarcoma from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa
South African Journal of Science, 2016 The reported incidence of neoplasia in the extinct human lineage is rare, with only a few confirmed cases of Middle or Later Pleistocene dates reported. It has generally been assumed that pre-modern incidence of neoplastic disease of any kind is rare and
Edward J. Odes +10 more
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